Lot 2136. A small blue and white brush pot, Transitional period, circa 1635-1640; 6½ in. (16.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price Realized USD 15,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014. 

The sides are painted with a continuous scene of a scholar standing beside a tree in a garden, as an attendant carrying a wrapped bundle approaches, all between incised double-line borders at the rims.

Provenance: Marchant & Son, London, 1991. 

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 20 - 21 March 2014